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  1. savemoney

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    Well, here it is—the historical farmer's almanac.
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    Some swear by it. Others swear at it. Not all right always, not all wrong either.
     
  2. billb3

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    I don't mind mild and wet down here as long as all the ski areas get the weather they need.
     
  3. Knothead

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    Farmers Almanac = horoscope for weather.
     
  5. Dunmyer mowing llc

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    Here in indiana Central Indiana it's been a long long time since we've had a lot of snow. I think the last year we really had a rough winter was 2014/15.
    Who knows? In my opinion all weather forecasting is just guessing
     
  6. billb3

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    Beyond ten days, NOAA, the Farmers Almanac and the Old Farmers Almanac weather prediction accuracy are all 50%, which approaches random accuracy. One is better than the other only relative to the pedestal you sneer down from.
     
  7. FarmerJ

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    Two winters ago, friends and family were complaining about all the snow we had. Something like 36” or so.


    Um…. Normal is supposed to be 42-48”….

    that’s what I always thought.
     
  8. wildwest

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    Boo, mine says Cold.
     
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    Our area looks like Chilly and wet. Sounds like a normal winter.
     
  10. MikeInMa

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    It's always cold in your area, even in summer - LOL

    I was just wondering after looking at the illustration if the "cold, wet and white" is the same as "moderate temps & wet and white" of the upper Northeast. I think of moderate winter temps in NH as what we had last year (lowest temp in my area not much lower than 0*F - and really mostly in the teens and above). But if you talk to someone who transplanted to my area from from MA/further south, or even closer to the coast in NH, it was a cold winter last year.

    Moderate for some areas means like in the 40's - but that negates the "white" part. Such vague words make the forecast mean anything basically depending on who you talk to.

    Eh, I guess no worse than everyone else in the forecasting business :)
     
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    Truth
     
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    This upcoming winter at the Tennessee-Alabama border:
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    :rofl: :lol:
     
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    You don’t have to be Nostradamus to forecast wet and mild for the SE. Already have the wet covered. FFS I have never seen mosquito swarms this bad in NC. Absolutely miserable rn. I lost a pint just changing the oil on the splitter.